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A broad survey of Americans has provided striking measures of the recession's effect on life at home and at work: People are now stuck in traffic longer, less apt to move away and more inclined to put off marriage and buying a house. The US census data, released Monday, also show a dip in the number of foreign-born last year, to under 38 million after it reached an all-time high in 2007. This was due to declines in low-skilled workers from Mexico searching for jobs in Arizona, Florida and California.

PANAJI: As per the provisional figures trickling out from the Census 2011 , for the first time in the last decade, females have outnumbered males in Goa which has recorded a 8.17 percent growth in overall population. Director of Census Operations A K Wasnik told reporters today that since 2001, population of the state has been increased by 1.10 lakh to 14. 5 lakh of which 53,463 are males and 56,592 females. The enumeration data also revealed that overall literacy rate in the state stood at 87.40 per cent and the same is 92.81 percent among males and 81.84 percent in females.

BENGALURU: Expats , foreigners and people from other states who are residents of Karnataka will be counted under the caste education-economic census that will begin from April 11. This will be the first caste census in the country after 1931. The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes is undertaking a census to cover all the estimated 1.25 crore households. The enumerators have been directed to list not just the locals, but anyone who is a resident here. They will take down the caste, religion, economic status, educational qualifications and also the details of how long they have been resident in Karnataka.

NEW DELHI: The socio-economic and caste census exercise was on Wednesday launched in the national capital with the enumeration of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit . She replied to various queries of the Divisional Commissioner, who along with other senior officers and an enumerator, was present at the occasion to complete the formalities. Dikshit provided the complete information about herself, and the entries were recorded on a tablet and later shown to her for verification.

PANAJI: The Goa economic census will be held between July-October and for the first time, handicraft establishments would be enumerated in the census. The census will be conducted in Goa between July-October 2013 and around four lakh households would be enumerated for economic activity and close to one lakh establishments would be recorded, Economic Census Deputy Director General Sunil Jain told a press conference here today. "There are some differences between the census held in the year 2007 and this time around.

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday decided to launch the third census for small scale industries, which would have the list of registered SSI units, the extent of sickness, production, export and employment figures. The decision to launch the third census was taken at a conference of state secretaries and directors of industry under the chairmanship of SSI secretary Ashok Pradhan. The secretaries discussed details of an Action Plan for drawing up the census that is expected to come up in March 2003.

NEW DELHI: The government is likely to complete the fourth census of micro, small and medium enterprises, assessing the number of firms in the country by next year. "The census will be complete by early next year, throwing light on the MSMEs in each category and their equity base resource requirements," Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Jawahar Sircar told reporters here. Currently, there are three crore MSME units in the country.

NEW DELHI: As the process of carrying out a caste-based census kicked off in the capital today, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit backed the effort, contending it would help formulate more inclusive policies by identifying the weaker sections. Talking to reporters after chairing a cabinet meeting here, Dikshit said India was a developing nation and both economic and caste aspects were important for evaluation. Asked her opinion about caste-based enumeration, she said, "It is the government's decision and has to be done".

MUMBAI: The forest authorities in Madhya Pradesh are as pleased as punch. A 'fresh' tiger census conducted by the authorities in the Panna tiger reserve, between the 18th and 24th of March '05, claims that the tiger reserve is home to 34 tigers and one cub. The figures, that are in keeping with results of a census conducted in January this year, seems to indicate that not much has changed. However, tiger experts are far from relieved. They believe the census has been doctored by the authorities.

Year 2001 was a long time ago. Back then India had a prime minister with a flair for poetry and Kashmir had its first local elections in 23 years. That year, interest rates were cut to their lowest level since 1973 and India was inducted into an emerging economic power quartet called BRIC. In 2001, IPL when expanded read Indian Poverty Line, India beat Australia (after a match-fixing scandal) in a test series and Kolkata was Calcutta. In 2001, TV show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' kept 'Slumdog Millionaire' dreams alive; over 290 million lived in India's urban cities, the mobile subscriber count stood at 45 million and 7 million were registered as Internet users.